Reminds me of the Devil Tree (Triplaris americana) found in South America[1]. Anything that touches its bark (bird, insect, human) is ferociously attacked by colonies of venom squirting red ants.
Learned about this fascinating tree in the equally fascinating book "1491" by Charles Mann[2].
Your comment makes me think that the Latin speaking world likes to attribute bad plants to the devil.
There's a drug that Colombians call the Devil's Breath[1]. Which is believed to be scopolamine[2], which had previously been used as truth-serum. The rumors go that the drug makes you "zombified" and compliant, willing to do whatever is suggested to you. It's my understanding that the drug is extracted from belladonna[3] though it's hard to know what is actually true about the rumors. Vice has a video about it[4], though I haven't had the opportunity to watch it yet.
Learned about this fascinating tree in the equally fascinating book "1491" by Charles Mann[2].
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplaris_americana
[2]http://amzn.to/2hKn6Ly